Functional Groups
Cards (17)
- Hydroxyl: OH
- Hydroxyl is found in alcohols such as glycerol
- Carboxyl: COOH
- Carboxyl is found in amino acids and fatty acids
- Amino: NH2
- Amino is found in amino acids
- Carbonyl: CO
- Carbonyl is found in ketones and aldehydes
- Phosphate: PO4
- Phosphate provides energy in the form of ATP
- Phosphate is found in phospholipids
- Sulfhydryl stabilizes protein structure
- all the functional groups are polar
- methyl: CH3
- methyl regulates gene expression
- ketones are the in middle of the molecule
- aldehydes are in the end of the molecule